The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, on Tuesday, said it had secured convictions against 80 offenders in 2022.
She added that “2,743 victims were rescued in collaboration with other sister law enforcement agencies. The number of victims trafficked into Nigeria was 45. Victims who returned from abroad were 251 and intercepted victims who were on their way out of Nigeria were 1,484.
However, the number of convictions secured has not been commensurate with the number of traffickers arraigned in court over the years. She explained that the partnership would provide training and capacity building for stakeholders in the field of migration and strategic communications to tackle the challenge of modern slavery and human trafficking.
On his part, the Canadian high commissioner in Nigeria, James Christoff, said identifying individuals at risk of human trafficking using evidence-based methods would help local authorities eliminate human trafficking and illegal migration.
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